Sponsor:CAREGoal: To demand that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton do all she can to urge countries practicing FGM to stop this vile practice.Signatures: 21,860/25,000

Anywhere from “100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide” have had their genitals mutilated as a result of monstrous cultural practices rooted in misogynistic patriarchies, with millions more suffering through this ordeal every year. But you don’t need me to tell you about the inhumanity of such acts – you’re already well aware of it and have already opened the petition to sign it, haven’t you?

Last 18 of July, transgender woman Erin Vaught sought care at the E.R. of Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana, as she was coughing up blood – generally not a good indicator of health. Instead, she was mocked and insulted because of her gender and eventually left without having seen a doctor. Jen McCreight at Blag Haghas more details. This sort of blatant discrimination is outrageous and unacceptable, so please help in sending 5,000 disapproving signatures to hospital administrators.

Now go! Fly, my winged lemur monkeys of signatory doom, and tell the people to stop doing bad or stupid things! (Hey, that’s as good an encouragement as any.)

P.S. – As I write this, I’ve just received my copy of Richard Dawkins’s The Greatest Show on Earth. Three notes: A) It’s got a really gorgeous cover. B) I can’t wait to read it. Thus, C) Expect some moderately reduced blogging for a while for the aforementioned reason.

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I’m a liberal skeptic, rationalist & third-wave atheist stuck in a rut in Québec, Canada and who spends his time composing, writing, drawing, harboring a layman’s passion for science and technology, getting angry at social injustices, and most of all, jabbing cretins and trolls with sharp pointy sticks. (Oh, and blogging.) Proud owner of a Nize Hat!, an indomitable SIWOTI syndrome and an itchy snark finger.

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